Iftikhar Ahmed and Shadab Khan's sensational fifties followed by Shaheen Shah Afridi's three-wicket haul guided Pakistan to a 33-run victory over South Africa in a rain-curtailed match in their Super 12 encounter of the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup at the SCG in Sydney on Thursday.
Pakistan are in a precarious situation having lost two of its three matches. India's win over Bangladesh dampened their chances to qualify for the semi-finals. They need to win against the Proteas with a big margin along with their last game while hoping for the results of other teams to go
African countries feel that they have been trapped in Beijing's debt circle after China showed reluctance in lending financial support to them and diplomatic analysts described this move as a disturbing trend.
Even if Men in Green register victories in their final two group games against South Africa and Bangladesh they will need other results to go their way to earn a semi-final spot.
Maketa, who is currently the South Africa A coach and National Academy Lead, will take charge of the Test squad from December until early January as they prepare to face Australia in their penultimate series of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).
Yadav's 51 not out off 25 balls against the Netherlands in Sydney and a valiant 68 off 40 against South Africa in Perth have helped him overtake New Zealand's Devon Conway and Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan. They had held the top spot since 4 September this year.
China may soon start dictating the grounds of functioning in most of the African nations because of the growing surveillance that it has created in the African continent.
Karthik had left the field midway against South Africa citing discomfort in the back. Rishabh Pant had assumed the wicketkeeper's role behind the stumps after he left the field. Speculations about Karthik's fitness had been making the rounds after the South Africa match.
Catches do win matches and with every missed catch or run-out, India's chances of defeating South Africa were reduced despite having them trapped at 24/3 in their powerplay overs.
On a bouncy, fast Perth surface where heavyweights like KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma failed to go big, Suryakumar seemed to be unfazed, playing his natural game to score 68 off 40 balls that helped India post 133/9 in their 20 overs.